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Justice Minister László Trócsányi had talks in Paris with his French counter part Nicole Belloubet about the significance of justice cooperation in the European Union and, as part of this, the efforts made in the field of victim protection.

Hungary does not wish to change its asylum regulations, does not wish to dismantle the physical fence, and does not wish to abolish the legal border closure measures implemented to stop migrants, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Justice Ministry Pál Völner told the Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.

“Thursday’s ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which prohibits the use of phycologists as experts during the assessment of asylum requests, could open Hungary’s doors to migrants”, Hungarian daily Magyar Idők writes in its 26 January edition.

According to the parliamentary state secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the requirement for organisations assisting illegal migration to register in the event of the passage of the Stop Soros legislative package serves enhanced transparency.

“The Hungarians expect the Government to take action against illegal immigration, and this is why we have drawn up the ‘Stop Soros’ legislative package”, the Ministry of Justice’s parliamentary State Secretary said in an interview published on news portal Origo on 22 January. Pál Völner also spoke about the fact that the organisations funded by George Soros are encouraging Europe’s system of institutions to support mass migration and organised admittance, and to punish countries that are resisting, including Hungary.

“One cannot differentiate between citizens; dual nationals living abroad can also vote in many Western European countries”, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said on Hungarian M1 television’s Monday evening current affairs program.

According to the Ministry of Justice’s Parliamentary State Secretary, one of the lessons of the Ahmed H. case is that even with relation to terrorism and illegal border crossing there are organisations that criticise the work of the Hungarian authorities and courts.

“Since, in accordance with the will of the people, Hungary does not want to become an immigrant country, we must prepare for the fact that this will generate further attacks on the part of the EU and certain member states”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared on Hungarian M1 television’s Tuesday morning current affairs program.

The European Commission applies double standards when it only finds objectionable the rejection of the decision on the EU refugee quotas in the case of three Member States, while the other Member States have also failed to implement it, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice stressed at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.